2023-2024 Catalog

PSYCH-708 Cognition and Affect: An Integrated Approach

Surveys foundational theories of cognitive and affective psychology, examines current research on these topics, and explores their integration. The core components of cognition will be examined include memory, learning, information processing theory, mediational processes, and executive functioning. Additionally, the course will consider affect, mood, and emotion, and explore appraisal and constructionist theories of emotion. Finally, the course will consider how theory and research on cognition and emotion, and their integration, inform the practice of clinical psychology.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Restricted to Doctoral students only, except by permission of program director and instructor.